After Clintons, Cuomo and Newsom Call For ‘Army Of Contact Tracers’ To Monitor Citizens, DC Posts ‘Trace Force’ Job Openings

Fact checked
Washington D.C. posted job openings to become an investigator with "Trace Force" to monitor citizens positive with coronavirus.

After former President Clinton, New York Gov. Cuomo, Chelsea Clinton and California Gov. Newsom called for an ‘army of contact tracers‘ to monitor citizens who have tested positive for COVID-19 and quarantine their contacts, Washington D.C. posted job openings to become an investigator with “Trace Force.”

Operating under the Department of Health (DC Health), Trace Force investigators will earn up to $97K per year to harass and interview those who have tested positive for the virus — collecting “demographic, clinical, social and historical data,” while “conducting an assessment to determine whether safe isolation can be achieved at home.” The program is a 13-month appointment.

ZeroHedge report: Those who have been in contact with a positive case will be contacted to assess whether they have symptoms and require quarantine, and will ‘appropriate escalate’ cases when needed. Investigators will also use ‘data management systems‘ to log interactions.

Entry level investigators will earn between $51,059 and 65,747 per year, while lead investigators will make between $76,126 and $97,375. The program manager, who will provide “management oversight and direction” to multiple contact tracing units, will earn between $119,706 and $167,586 per year.

DC currently employs 65 contact tracers according to Mayor Muriel Bowser, who said last week that the district will add 135 more workers, and will eventually need 900. 

The goal of contact tracing is to identify nearly all cases of COVID-19, isolate infected individuals, find and alert their contacts, and then quarantine all the contacts,” said Bowser, adding “How we identify [the sick], isolate them, reach their contacts, and quarantine them, will determine how successful we are in reopening” the city.

According to DC Health contact tracer Malachi Stewart, contact tracers will call people to let them know they may have been in an area where coronavirus was detected, reports WUSA9. Beyond that, “[We’ll ask] what health equipment did you have on?” adding “Were you wearing a mask? Were you staying 6 feet away from people?”

During a recent Clinton Global Initiative University livestream, former President Bill Clinton spoke of the need to track people “who are positive” with COVID-19, and described the need for an “army” of young people.

California Governor Gavin Newsom agreed, responding that “The predicate for getting back to some semblance of normalcy is our ability to identify individuals through testing; to be able to trace their contacts; to isolate individuals that have either been exposed or quarantine people that are testing positive.”

This can only be accomplished if people “allow for their privacy to be impacted by that kind of acuity of attention based upon where they’ve been and who they talked to.”

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
Email: baxter@thepeoplesvoice.tv
Baxter Dmitry

4 Comments

  1. Here in the world’s largest original prison colony 5 million aussie have already downloaded the contact app. Barnby Joyce the ex deputy Pm has said he won’t and controversial Senator Hanson also is choosing her freedom of choice to not join in with the invasion of privacy and the neighbourhood vigilantes.

    • Good for them.

      Sad to hear Australia has the BA.2 variant. With so many jabbed for the old, extinct variant it could get nasty over there. Everywhere, really. Which is exactly why scientists warned against vaccinating during an epidemic, and doing so during a pandemic is madness.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.